SKS finds niche with online training for security screeners

In today’s post-Sept. 11 world, security checkpoints are the norm. Before you can get on an airplane, enter a government building or even mail a package, an X-ray machine comes into play. It is estimated that 4 billion items will pass through security X-ray machines by 2010.

That figure is what Reston-based Security Knowledge Solutions is hoping to capitalize on with its new product i-Screen. The Web-based technology provides training for security screeners with a simulated X-ray machine that mimics real world conditions. Trainees are taught to quickly spot “threat items,” such as guns,knives and homemade bombs, among luggage, purses, packages and other commonly screened items.